How to Spark a Feud
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by Ron Kraybill

How to turn a disagreement into a feud:

  1. Be sure to develop and maintain a healthy fear of conflict, letting your own feelings build up so you are in an explosive frame of mind.
  2. If you must state your concerns, be as vague and general as possible. Then the other person cannot do anything practical to change the situation.
  3. Assume you know all the facts and you are totally right. The use of a clinching Bible verse i…
David C. Cook Publishing Co., Tell it to the Church, by Ron Kraybill